With the spring colors blooming, A&O train Z818 is on its way to Carter Roag mine with 80 empty coal cars for loading.

A&O train Z812-03 heads eastbound passing Philippi WV on its way to Grafton to interchange with CSX in the last light of the day.

Appalachian and Ohio locomotives sitting in the yard in Buckhannon, WV.

A pair of A&O GP38-2s (3806/05) poses at Buckhannon on a sweltering September morning. As a gentleman at their little diesel shop told me, "it's too hot to run trains, we'll have some activit... (more)

Appalachian and Ohio GP38-2 #3805 and GATX GP38-2 #2670 are seen at the A&O shops in Buckhannon, WV.

Possibly the shortest chapter in Grafton, WV's railroad history is Watco's Appalachian & Ohio RR, which lasted barely over a year after a lease from CSX. The railroad used worn out ex UP/MP SD50s... (more)

Like many railfan trips, this day's forecast was "Sunny." While it did wind up that way later, the first train of the morning was found in foggy conditions brought on with cold fall air... (more)

A string of GATX leased units sits on the A&O Yard on a quiet Saturday morning.

The A&O helper spends the night in the pocket at Burnsville.

With 100 mtys in tow, a westbound A&O train with empty hoppers for the Brooks Run Mine rumbles across the Tygart Junction bridge that marks the confluence of the Tygart Valley and Buckhannon River... (more)

This mine shifter departed Grafton around 3:00 pm and finally arrived at Hampton Jct. at around 6:30 pm. The train will head down the Pickens subdivision and deliver empties to the Sawmill Run pr... (more)

An Appalachian & Ohio empty hopper train, led by three ex-Union Pacific SD50s, heads west over the Pleasant Creek Viaduct on a foggy late summer morning in northern West Virginia. Railroad: Appalachian & Ohio Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD50
Location: Pleasant Creek, West Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: WAMX 5120
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 05, 2005

The Cowen helper set sits idle for the weekend on a comfortable early summer afternoon.

A set of former Union Pacific power leads this Stillwater Central local out of Tulsa.

A westbound A&O empty train makes a spring trip from Grafton to Cowen on the former CSXT Cowen Sub.